Tag: Palestinian home evictions

ANKARA:  The United Nations has called on the Israeli authorities to stop the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said a UN delegation met with a Palestinian family ordered by Israeli authorities to evacuate the home they lived in for 70 years in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem. "We are following up closely the situation in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah and the possibility of evicting Palestinians from their homes," Dujarric said. "It is very important to de-escalate...